Home appliance having movable door handle
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1. A home appliance comprising:
- a cabinet having a chamber in which an object is received or retrieved;
a door to open or close the chamber, the door having a communication aperture;
a handle rotated relative to the door during opening or closing of the door, wherein rotation of the handle causes the door to rotate about a door rotating axis; and
a link unit connected to the handle, the link unit transmitting a rotation angle or rotation force of the door to the handle in accordance with rotation of the door,wherein the link unit comprises;
a handle link to rotate along with the handle; and
a link unit rotating axis defining a rotation center about which the handle link is rotated, andwherein a length of the handle link outwardly exposed from a front surface of the door through the communication aperture increases as an opening angle of the door increases.
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Abstract
A home appliance having a door which may be opened and closed, and more particularly, a home appliance to assist a user in easily opening or closing a door is disclosed. The home appliance includes a cabinet having a chamber in which an object is received or retrieved, a door to open or close the chamber, and a handle assembly to be rotated relative to the door during opening or closing of the door, wherein rotation of the handle assembly causes the door to be rotated about a door rotating axis.
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1. A home appliance comprising:
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a cabinet having a chamber in which an object is received or retrieved; a door to open or close the chamber, the door having a communication aperture; a handle rotated relative to the door during opening or closing of the door, wherein rotation of the handle causes the door to rotate about a door rotating axis; and a link unit connected to the handle, the link unit transmitting a rotation angle or rotation force of the door to the handle in accordance with rotation of the door, wherein the link unit comprises; a handle link to rotate along with the handle; and a link unit rotating axis defining a rotation center about which the handle link is rotated, and wherein a length of the handle link outwardly exposed from a front surface of the door through the communication aperture increases as an opening angle of the door increases. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A home appliance comprising;
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a door rotatable about a door rotating axis; a handle rotatably provided in front of the door to assist a user in opening or closing the door; a link unit connected to the handle and rotatable about a link connector rotating axis to transmit a rotation angle of the door to a rotation angle of the handle, the link connector rotating axis being spaced apart from the door rotating axis, wherein the link unit includes; a handle link to rotate about a link rotating axis inside the door as the door is rotated, the handle link serving to rotate the handle about the link rotating axis, and a link connector having a first end to be rotated about the link connector rotating axis and a second end to rotate the handle link as the door is rotated;
wherein a length of the handle link outwardly exposed from a front panel of the door increases as an opening angle of the door increases. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A home appliance comprising:
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a cabinet having a chamber in which an object is received or retrieved; a door to open or close the chamber while being rotated about a door rotating axis; a handle at one side of the door; a handle link connected to the handle and having a link rotating axis inside of the door so as to rotate the handle about the link rotating axis; a link connector connected to a link node of the handle link to rotate the handle link as the link connector is rotated about a link connector rotating axis; a first bracket on the cabinet to form the door rotating axis; and a second bracket on the cabinet to form the link connector rotating axis, the link connector rotating axis spaced apart from the door rotating axis, wherein the handle link is rotated by a difference between a rotation radius of the link node with respect to the door rotating axis and a rotation radius of the link node with respect to the link connector rotating axis as the door is rotated. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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